The World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan has said it urgently needs $27.5 million to support refugees returning from Pakistan. WFP in a statement warned that...
The US State Department has launched an emergency hotline for Afghans facing deportation or detainment in Pakistan who are in a US immigration and resettlement pathway....
The Islamic Emirate’s deputy prime minister Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi and other officials visited Spin Boldak in Kandahar on Sunday where they met with refugees who...
Pakistan’s interim government will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January next year, Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai said on Friday. “The caretaker government is trying...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday appealed for $10 million to provide essential health services and ensure health care access for a targeted 700,000 Afghan...
Pakistani President Arif Alvi said his country has carried a huge burden in hosting Afghans for nearly four decades. In an interview with VOA Urdu, Alvi...
Pakistan on Monday opened three new border crossings to accelerate the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals who have been ordered to leave the country or face...
Amnesty International on Monday called on Pakistan to immediately stop deporting Afghans. According to Amnesty International, Afghan refugees in Pakistan are facing mass detentions and deportations....
Former Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has questioned the “strong-arm” tactics used to deport illegal Afghan immigrants and called for “distinguishing between terrorists and people”. Talking...
The government of Pakistan must immediately halt the continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees, Amnesty International said on Friday. According to Islamabad, more...
While condemning the forced expulsion of refugees and their mistreatment by Pakistan, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, on Monday warned the...
A number of Pakistani policemen have been dismissed following the posting of a video on social media, which went viral, where they could be seen expressing...
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Saturday that more than 68,000 people have returned to the country from Pakistan in less than two days....
Islamabad police on Friday suspended three police officials for not returning the luggage of Afghan citizens who were returning to Afghanistan, local media reported. The Inspector...
Hashmatullah Shahidi, the Afghanistan captain, dedicated his side’s seven-wicket win over Netherlands to the thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan who are facing the prospect of...
As Pakistani authorities are forcibly expelling Afghan refugees, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has provided free telecommunication and internet services for returnees by setting up special...
Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund on Friday harshly criticized Pakistani authorities for deporting and mistreating Afghan refugees, and called for negotiations. “We seriously ask them...
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has said that Pakistan is trying to use humanitarian and refugees issues to achieve various goals, and in this regard,...
Referring to the mistreatment of Afghan refugees by the Pakistani authorities, Acting Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has warned the neighboring country to weigh the consequences...
Pakistan’s leading rights group on Tuesday warned of a “humanitarian crisis” as it expressed concern over the government’s decision to expel undocumented foreigners, most of whom...